how do y'all survive the lack of quiet?!

Barely, by constantly having music playing or something else to distract me. Hyperfocus is a useful superpower, but easily led astray. And the evil capitalists are trying to undermine me with psyops (ads that have catchy tunes or catchphrases that live in my head rent-free)

Just like how you don’t notice the ambient scent of a place you’ve been for a while or the feeling of your tongue inside your mouth, until your attention is drawn to them they just melt into the texture of life.

Plus, at least for me, they aren’t on the same level as real sights and sounds, more of a phantom version.

Honestly, because it's all I've ever known. As far as I'm concerned the voices are me, the real inner me, and things I say out loud are just an expression of that. Who are you when you're alone and quiet?

The other way around for me

I have synesthesia and "see" sound. Was confused when I learned that not everyone has this